CARACAS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Already robust, development cooperation between China and Venezuela got an additional boost with the recent signing of 22 new agreements to strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership.
The South American economy, which is heavily dependent on oil exports, and was devastated by falling crude prices, is getting a helping hand from China to diversify its production base.
One initiative Beijing has pledged to invest in is a government-backed program to strengthen community supply and distribution networks through Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP) and a Great Sovereign Supply Mission (GMAS).
Both strategies emerged from a need to provide average Venezuelans with basic goods that became scarce to find amid a protracted "economic war" between politically conservative business sectors and the socialist government.
But the greater objective is to help Venezuela consolidate its productive sector and exports -- by increasing energy and technological innovation, among other things -- in a way that also benefits people in China.
In a recent interview with Xinhua, Venezuelan Planning Minister Ricardo Menendez described the bilateral relationship as an "authentic process of integration" to build a better future for both countries.
"Everything is part of a strategic framework between our countries and is related to the 2025 Venezuela-China Plan. We are talking about linking China's Five Year Plan with the (Venezuelan) National Plan ...it is a relationship of profound breadth," said Menendez.
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